by Miles Taylor | Feb 8, 2014 | Miles on the MBTA
When you have to go to the Longwood Medical Area, you have two options: take the E to Longwood Medical Area Station, or take the D to Longwood Station. You can either wait for a train that never comes, or you can grab a train that runs pretty frequently. You can...
by Miles Taylor | Feb 5, 2014 | Miles on the MBTA
Why do I always make these beach trips when it’s cloudy out? It happened again with the 214/216 (which run as one route on weekends), but at least it wasn’t insanely foggy this time. The 214 and 216 both serve a peninsula to the east of Quincy Center, with...
by Miles Taylor | Jan 26, 2014 | Miles on the MBTA
I was waiting at Ruggles for a Commuter Rail train to South Station (long story, maybe I’ll tell it at some point). I saw one going the other way, and it was coming in pretty fast. The driver honked the horn, and didn’t seem to be slowing down. As the...
by Miles Taylor | Jan 22, 2014 | Miles on the MBTA
Prudential has a pretty grand entrance. Right in the Prudential Center, there’s a nice big “T” sticking out of the wall, telling you there’s a train station. The entrance itself is glass with another “T” on it. When I first saw it,...
by Miles Taylor | Jan 22, 2014 | Miles on the MBTA
I was on the train heading for Braintree, but practically everyone got off at Quincy Adams. I had the car to myself, and I took a picture. No, the bag to the right doesn’t have a bomb – it’s mine.
by Miles Taylor | Jan 22, 2014 | Miles on the MBTA
In late 2008, the MBTA took a pair of Red Line cars and removed all the seats. They called them “Big Reds,” and were meant to increase passenger capacity. They later re-installed half the seats, but there are none in much of the train. I got to ride one of...
